Word: hartog
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...daily schedule provided for four hours of lectures and approximately one hour of flight training. The courses taught were: Theory of Flight by William Bollay, Instruments by Ben Hartog, Professor of Engineering, Meteorology by Dr. Lang of the Blue Hill Observatory, navigation by Fletcher Watson, instructor in Engineering, and Air Engines and Air Regulations by A. U. Puckett, instructor in Engineering...
...national air defense program such as that envisioned by President Roosevelt must include provision for rapid and thorough training of huge numbers of pilots as well as tremendous expansion of production capacity, according to a joint interview granted yesterday by Jacob P. Den Hartog, associate professor of Applied Mechanics, and William Bollay, instructor in Applied Mechanics...
...fundamental reason behind Germany's air preponderance over the Allies, and the United States as well, according to Den Hartog and Bollay, is not the quality of the pilot training but the quantity. Unless America expands rapidly both pilot training and aircraft production, "in 15 years we shall be in the same fix England is now," they asserted...
...Allies were short-sighted in not stopping Nazi militarism at the very first," Den Hartog remarked. "Now, because of their delay they are in a very bad position. For our own best interests, we should have backed the Allies strongly from the start." Believing that the Allies stand little chance now, he thinks that hope for the U. S. lies in "taking a strong stand in the Pacific and South America, to prevent seizures or penetration by Germany or Japan...
Professor Hartog denied that an increase in the number of pilots would lead the country into war and asserted, "There is no cooperation between the C. A. A. and the Army or Navy. When peace in the world is once again restored, the C. A. A. program will result in a great increase in private and commercial flying in this country...